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Federalism and the State Recognition of Native American Tribes: A survey of State-Recognized Tribes and State Recognition Processes Across the United States. University of Santa Clara Law Review, Vol. 48. Sheffield, Gail (1998). Arbitrary Indian: The Indian Arts and Crafts Act of 1990. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 0-8061-2969-7.
As the Department of the Interior explains, "federally recognized tribes are recognized as possessing certain inherent rights of self-government (i.e., tribal sovereignty)...." [1] The constitution grants to the U.S. Congress the right to interact with tribes. More specifically, the Supreme Court of the United States in United States v.
Pages in category "Native American tribes in Alabama" The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
The U.S. Governmental Accountability Office states: "Non-federally recognized tribes fall into two distinct categories: (1) state-recognized tribes that are not also federally recognized and (2) other groups that self-identify as Indian tribes but are neither federally nor state recognized."
Shared with Chewacla State Park. Chickasaw - named for the Chickasaw tribe. [20] Coosada - named for the Coushatta tribe. Cusseta - a Muscogee tribal town. [21] Eastaboga, Alabama - from Muscogee este (person), ak (in water, a low place), pokv (from the work vpoketv: to sit/live).
One of the many ways Native American influence shines through the United States is in our place names.
The land purchased by the state and assigned to the Alabama in 1854 was expanded by another purchase, under a federal grant in 1928. The 2000 census reported a resident population of 480 persons within the reservation. As of 2010, there are some 1000 members of the Alabama-Coushatta tribe. [8]
This is a category for organizations that identify as tribes of Native American descent, and who have been formally recognized by individual states within the United States, but not by the U.S. federal government.